The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has warned the
Minister for Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, not
to embark on cheap
blackmail over the ongoing strike embarked upon by the union.
The University of Ibadan (UI) ASUU Chapter Chairman, Dr. Deji Omole,
who condemned the tactic employed by the Federal Government over the
demands of the union, said it was deceitful for the minister to
insinuate that the N23 billion earned allowances, which the Federal
Government promised to pay soon, were only for lecturers.
He stated that the said earned allowances were for both deserving
academic and non-academic members of staff, stressing that it was too
early for Ngige to embark on cheap blackmail.
Omole said that the union was more interested in enduring legacies,
which would reposition public education in the country through adequate
funding of public education, which the present government had been
silent about.
Also, President of the union, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, has asked his
members to disregard the comment by the minister that the strike is
illegal.
He said: “Our national struggle to revitalise the Nigerian university
system is comprehensive and total. Remain resolute and steadfast as
victory is certain.”
In another development, the Unified Nigerian Youth Forum has
cautioned the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) against
lowering qualification entry mark, saying that such will result to
admitting unqualified candidates into tertiary institutions in Nigeria.
In statement signed by its President, Abdulsalam Muhammad Kazeem, the
forum said: “We reject in totality the pronouncement of the cut-off
mark for 2017/2018 academic session by JAMB registrar.
“120/100 marks for universities and polytechnic as cut-off marks out
of 400 marks further shows the level of decay in our educational system.
With this development, we are sure that the level of un-seriousness
will increase from 20 per cent to 78 per cent.
“Lowering the qualification entry mark to our institutions is not in
tandem with new global realities, in terms of educational standard as it
will lead to the admission of unqualified candidates into our tertiary
institutions, and it further shows that Nigeria does no give regards to
excellence.
In another development, a 15-year-old Ikeoluwa Abioye, who scored A1
in all the nine subjects she wrote in the 2017 May/June West African
Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), has appealed to Osun
State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola and other good-spirited Nigerians to
support and help her achieve her academic goals.
Abioye, an indigene of Irepodun Local Council of Osun State, who was
yesterday celebrated and honoured by her alma mater, Starfield Schools,
Iju, Lagos, for scoring A1 in all the nine subjects, also scored 305 in
the last Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted by
the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).
The candidate, in a chat with The Guardian, said her school’s
competitive learning environment, father’s routine mentoring and
personal target, launched her to spotlight.
She said, if sponsored, she would love to go to Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (MIT) or Harvard University to study Computer
Engineering.
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